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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4879042 | Method of crystallizing salts from aqueous solutions Method of crystallizing from aqueous solution an inorganic solute, whose solubility in water varies relatively litter with temperature such that crystallizing by adjustment of temperature results in low yield, such method comprising contacting a concentra... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4877536 | Method of treating saline water Method of treating hard water containing dissolved and/or suspended volatile non-aqueous material, in which the water is heated by direct contact with steam to precipitate the hardness and resulting in three phases, namely, a gas phase comprising steam an... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4872931 | Heat shrink labeling machine with extended chuck Turret type labeling machine with pairs of chucks arranged coaxially and rotated orbitally about the machine axis while spinning about their individual axes. Containers are gripped between each pair of chucks, such containers having at one or both ends an... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4844957 | System for applying heat shrink film to containers and other articles and heat shrinking the same Apparatus and method for applying heat shrinkable film to containers and other articles having a vertical body position, e.g., the cylindrical body of a container, and one or two re-entrant portions, e.g., a shoulder on a bottle. A segment of film is appl... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4828647 | Dry wall taper Apparatus for applying tape and mastic to joints between prefabricated wall sections such as gypsum board comprising a tubular housing which holds a supply of mastic, a main drive roller mounted at the forward end of the housing which rotates by friction ... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4770887 | Tomato stem and peel device and process Apparatus for removing skins and stems from tomatoes and the like after they have been treated with lye or steam, including a bed of counter rotating rollers which pinch and remove the skins and stems, and one or more rotary elements above the bed which c... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4706903 | Apparatus for the hydrolysis and disintegration of lignocellulosic Apparatus for disintegrating solids resulting from partial hydrolysis of cellulosic or lignocellulosic material comprising a cylindrical chamber having a perforated mid portion and a plurality of hammer elements supported for rotation within and coaxially... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4641558 | Rotatable shaft assembly A precision centerable, rotatable shaft assembly (60) has a shaft (62) and a housing (64) extending generally axially along the shaft (62). The shaft (62) is journalled to the housing (64) by a first roller bearing assembly (66) and a second roller bearin... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4632760 | Method of treating aqueous solutions Method of treating an aqueous solution of a non-volatile inorganic solute to produce a more concentrated solution or to crystallize solid solute from the solution. The solution is contacted at a higher temperature T1 with a suitable organic liq... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4625409 | Graphics protractor A graphics protractor (10) for placement on a computer display screen (52) to determine direction changes for graphics commands has a circular ring (12) bearing indicia (14) representing relative angles with respect to a point (16) of origin on the ring (... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4623337 | Liquid dispensing apparatus An apparatus (10) for the repetitive dispensing of a predetermined quantity of eyedrops (12) has a cylinder (14) with a restricted opening (18) at a first end (16). A plunger (20) attached to rod (23) extends into the cylinder (14) from end (22). Biasing ... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4622459 | Tonometer with optical sensing and variable attenuator An optical sensor system (10) in the form of a hand held tonometer probe has an infrared emitting diode (34) and a phototransistor detector (36) positioned to receive light from the diode (34). A rod (18) serves as a variable attenuator to intercept a por... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4605071 | Therapeutic horseshoe The invention is a therapeutic horseshoe (10) including an impact frame (12) for supporting a horse's foot and a cushioned insert (14) for nesting into an insert depression (16) formed in the upper surface (40 ) of the impact frame such that the insert (1... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4596919 | Three-dimensional imaging device An imaging sensing system (10) has a laser light source (12). Steering mirrors (16), (18) and (22) are used with scanning mirror (20) to produce scanning of beam (24) in a line (26) across a workpiece (28). Beam (36) is reflected from the workpiece (28) a... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4572578 | Back rest Back rest having a semi-rigid frame having the shape, in longitudinal section, of a shallow S formed by an upper concave portion and a lower convex portion, a cervical support affixed to and projecting from the upper end of the frame, a thoracic support e... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4545832 | Machine and method for applying heat shrink labels Method and apparatus for heat shrinking projecting edges of heat shrinkable (but unshrunken) film onto articles such as cylindrical containers. The film is tightly wrapped around the bodies of the articles and the overlapping ends are held together by glu... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4507328 | Instantized mixture of soya protein and caseinate An instantized blend of a major amount of a caseinate (sodium, calcium or a mixture of the two) and a minor amount of a soya protein is prepared. The soya protein is pre-instantized by blending with a surfactant such as lecithin, preferably by an incremen... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4500386 | Container feed for labeling machine Cylindrical containers are fed by a star wheel or the like such that their sides come into tangential contact with a label-bearing vacuum drum having a resilient outer portion. A resilient roll-on pad is disposed opposite the vacuum drum and at a distance... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4470298 | Method and apparatus for analyzing gases Apparatus and method for analyzing gases, especially respiratory gases for oxygen and carbon dioxide content, and for measuring pulmonary functions; such comprising a detector employing thermistors forming parts of a Wheatstone bridge circuit, one of whic... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4455763 | Coffee roaster Roaster for green coffee beans and other beans and nuts comprising a dish or tray, preferably of lightweight, disposable construction having a rim of sufficient height to contain the beans or nuts during roasting and a bottom which is formed with openings... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4454005 | Method of increasing interfiber bonding among fibers of lignocellulosic material, and resultant product Defiberized lignocellulosic material, such as wood, is treated with a liquid carrier containing an oxidizing agent (a per compound, a chlorate or a nitrate), and the wet mat thereof is subjected to pressure, and to heat for a sufficient period of time to ... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4452822 | Extraction and intensification of anthocyanins from grape pomace and other material Extracting anthocyanin-containing pulp from a vegetable source with sulfur dioxide to form an extract, treating the extract with enzymes to reduce suspended solids, reducing the sulfur dioxide content of the extract, acidifying and recovering the anthocya... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4450949 | Machine for transporting and stacking loaded cartons Machine for transporting and stacking cartons loaded with containers comprising two transport systems one above the other with restraining means to restrain motion of each loaded carton on one or the other or both systems, and pusher means which releases ... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4440430 | Bag opener This bag opener has a ring-shaped portion dimensioned to fit inside the top of a bag. A plurality of substantially straight leg portions extend substantially normal to a plane defined by the ring-shaped portion. The leg portions are dimensioned to extend ... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4430227 | Method of concentrating aqueous solutions Method of concentrating aqueous solutions of non-volatile, ionic solutes by extracting water from the solution by means of a polar organic liquid (or a solution of a polar organic liquid and a non-polar organic liquid) at an elevated temperature and cooli... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4427426 | Ozonizer system Ozonizer and water purifier. The ozonizer comprises at least one, preferably two or more, units each having an inner, rod-like electrode and an outer tubular electrode and a glass tube carrying the outer electrode. End plates are provided which are formed... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4425720 | Coffee roaster Coffee roaster, preferably having no moving parts and suitable for domestic use, in which a current of hot air is caused to pass through a layer of coffee beans supported on a perforated plate or belt, the space above the beans being enclosed by sidewalls... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4425866 | Machine and method for coating plastic containers Machine and method for applying liquid coatings to cylindrical articles such as plastic continues, in which each article during movement by a rotary transport is caused to spin about its cylindrical axis and a liquid coating is applied to the cylindrical ... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4416714 | Labeling machine for heat shrink labels A machine and method for applying heat shrink labels or the like to articles such as containers having cylindrical body portions and an end portion or portions adjoining the body portion and sloping inwardly therefrom. The label has a length such that its... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4411872 | Water unit for use with a membrane blood oxygenator Blood units and water units for membrane type blood oxygenator in which blood units are separated from water units by oxygen units; oxygen diffuses through membranes of blood units from oxygen units and water units apply pressure to blood units through in... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4406721 | System and apparatus for applying heat shrink film to containers and other articles and heat shrinking the same A machine and method for applying heat shrink labels or the like to articles such as containers having cylindrical body portions and an end portion or portions adjoining the body portion and sloping inwardly therefrom. The label has a length such that its... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4395300 | Base cup applying apparatus and method Apparatus and method for applying plastic base cups to plastic containers, such plastic containers being blow-molded, having round bottoms and being unable to stand erect, such base cups providing a flat, stable base for the container. Cups are supplied a... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4393199 | Cationic polymerization Method of carrying out cationic polymerization with molecular weight control in which a preinitiator precursor, e.g. a diol and a catalyst effective for cationic polymerization (or a preformed adduct of such precursor and catalyst) are mixed with a monome... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4384897 | Method of treating biomass material Method of treating biomass material wherein it is subjected to two stage hydrolysis in which in first stage, the more easily hydrolyzed polysaccharides, such as hemicelluloses, are depolymerized and in second stage the more difficultly depolymerizable mat... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4357960 | Plumbing method and composition for use in same Repair of leaks in water pipes or installation of T's in water pipes by use of sleeves applied to open ends of cut pipe, preceded by insertion into open ends of plug material which shuts off flow of water, drying ends of pipe, installation of sleeve and f... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4336095 | Machine for labeling bodies and shoulders of containers Machine for applying labels to containers having cylindrical bodies and tapered shoulders, comprising a vacuum drum having one or more pairs of suction pads including a lower pad for adhering a body label to be applied to the cylindrical body of a contain... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4330478 | Method of oxidizing a polyvalent metal Process of carrying out oxidation-reduction reactions such as oxidation of hydrogen sulfide to sulfur, in which a polyvalent metal chelate with a certain class of polycarboxylic acid is employed, the metal being reduced from a higher valence state to a lo... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4310413 | Circular jig Circular jig for gravity separation of minerals, e.g. gold and tin ore, comprising a screen, a grid forming cells over the screen, a central jig box of polygonal, e.g. square shape, pulsating means to cause the jig bed to pulsate and aprons attached to th... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4308230 | Blood oxygenator Blood units and water units for membrane type blood oxygenator in which blood units are separated from water units by oxygen units; oxygen diffuses through membranes of blood units from oxygen units and water units apply pressure to blood units through in... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4300966 | Base cup applying apparatus and method Apparatus and method for applying plastic base cups to plastic containers, such plastic containers being blow-molded, having round bottoms and being unable to stand erect, such base cups providing a flat, stable base for the container. Cups are supplied a... | 11/17/1981 |
